82 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



7. Chalcedony seal. Scene : Sacred tree, winged 



disk, priest and goddess. 



8. Variegated stone seal. Scene : Figures of two 



goddesses. 



9. Chalcedony seal. Scene : Sacred tree. Ashur 



rising out of a niche ; Marduk in conflict with 

 two sphinxes. 



10. Chalcedony seal. Scene : Priest worshipping, ibex 



and star. 



11. Marble seal. Scene: Two ibexes attacked by 



lions. 



12. Chalcedony seal. Scene : Priests ministering at 



sacred tree. 



13. Haematite seal. Scene : Offering of an ibex. 



14. Black stone seal. Scene : A goddess adoring a 



god, nude goddess, etc. 



15. Chalcedony scaraboid with the figure of a goat. 



16. Chalcedony cone. Scene : Priest before a god. 



17. Chalcedony cone. Scene : A Persian king grasp- 



ing lions by their tails. 



18. Chalcedony cone. Scene : Priest standing before 



the emblem of the weather god. 



The above seals from Assj^ria belong to the period B.C. 650- 

 600. 



Bequeathed by Lady Layard. 



E. A. Wdllis Budge. 



